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English literature -- Study and teaching (Higher)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College English Department Records

 Record Group
Identifier: MA.00065
Abstract

Assignments, examinations, student papers, course descriptions, reading lists and excerpts, and other material pertaining to the English Department and its courses, chiefly 1930-1970.

Dates: 1879-1977; Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s

Henry Walcott Boynton (AC 1891) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00022
Abstract

Correspondence, drafts of plays, notes, reviews and clippings documenting the literary career of Henry Walcott Boynton.

Dates: 1897-1939

Howard R. Wolf (AC 1958) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00188
Abstract

Literary manuscripts, correspondence, news clippings, ephemera and other materials documenting the professional and personal life of writer, critic and educator Howard R. Wolf. Correspondents include writers John Coetzee, Carl Dennis, Irving Feldman, Robert Hass, Leonard Michaels, and Roger Porter (AC 1958).

Dates: 1971-2009

John Thompson (AC 1957) Papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: J Thomp 1]
Identifier: MA.00373
Abstract

The John Thompson Papers cover Thompson's personal and academic life during the years he was a student at Amherst College (1953-1957). The 0.5 linear feet of papers include letters and postcards sent from Thompson to his parents, Thompson’s course materials for English 1-2, and a personal memoir.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1953-1957

John William Ward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00087
Abstract

Educator and 14th President of Amherst College. Collection consists of speeches, lecture notes and course syllabi, articles and other papers documenting Ward's career as teacher, scholar and administrator at Princeton University and Amherst College.

Dates: 1952-1985

Theodore and Frances Titchener Baird Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.01013
Abstract The Theodore and Frances Titchener Baird Papers document the personal and professional lives of Theodore Baird and Frances Titchener Baird, Theodore Baird's wife. Theodore Baird served as an Amherst College English professor from 1927-1969, and much of the collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Baird, and his Amherst College affiliates. Also included is a small amount of papers from Frances Titchener Baird. A significant portion of the collection was added after...
Dates: 1901 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1996